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The systematic government wrongdoing on issues such as "white flag" incident, extensive shelling of No Fire Zones, systematic shelling of hospitals, withholding humanitarian supplies to civilians entrapped by the LLTE, the failure to address accountability for alleged war crimes and government's lethargy in prosecuting security forces members who committed alleged human rights abuses were the highlights of US State Department's annual human rights report on Sri Lanka.

SriLankan Airlines first quarter (Jan-March) punctuality record reveals an impressive high average, exceeding the airline’s punctuality benchmarks for all flights departing Colombo and destinations in the entire network.

The ides of March have come and gone but the passage of the famous or infamous US sponsored resolution on Sri Lanka continues to provoke discussion and discourse not to mention the controversy it has raised among us on its pros and cons.

The US Department of State has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB), an organization based in both Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula, which was accused of indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli civilians.

Even as political parties flayed the steepest-ever petrol price hike of Rs 7.50 on a single day, the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala and the Uttarakhand government led by Vijay Bahuguna decided to waive tax on petrol while the NDA, opposing the steep hike in petrol prices, has called for a nation-wide bandh on May 31.